Text of Letter to the Isle of Man Examiner as published October 22nd, 2013

Admission is Astonishing

Those of your readers who have had the frustration of challenging the planning authorities over procedures, decisions and delegations of authority under which the majority of planning decisions are made, may be interested in the revelations contained in this letter.

In recent years I have drawn their attention to -

errors in the drafting of the Town & Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2005

erroneous/unlawful decisions made by the Department, the Planning Committee and officers with delegated authority

The sweeping statements made about obesity in the Isle of Man by Chief Minister Bell appears to be based on a commissioned study conducted by Theodoros M. Bampouras, Senior Lecturer in Sport Mechanics and Performance Analysis at the University of Cumbria.

The resultant report of 30th November 2012 is quite specific in that it is confined to data analysis from 5 year old school entrants in 2012.